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03-14-2008
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| | Vista Backup Folder Sizes? My external 500gb drive is being used for both Vista File Backup and Complete PC Backup. It says I now have only 70gb free on the drive? I'm puzzled on the disk usage. My file backups go into a folder under the PC-Name folder called Backup Set 2007-08-05 230745 but the folder properties says it has 0 bytes usage in 33 folders. I've been doing a scheduled file backup once a week since August 5, 2007. Now my Complete PC Backup is under WindowsImageBackup\PC-Name\Backup 2008-01-03 052342 and the folder properties says it is using 91gb with 10 files inside. There are no other Backup folders under WindowsImageBackup, just a Catalog folder taking 24kb of space. I'm wondering where the remaining used space is at? I tried changing folder view options to show hidden and system folders but they don't account for the missing space. I wanted to delete a bunch of the old File Backups to make room for more Complete Backups. I'm getting an error when trying to start a Complete PC Backup saying there is not enough space on the drive? The File Backup still works. -------------------------- Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, Intel Q6600 CPU, 2gb RAM, 500gb RAID-0 HD, Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb GPU, 22" Widescreen LCD, Asus/ViXS Combo-210E TV Tuner, Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Audio, Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse, Logitech Premium Stereo Headset, external Lacie 500gb USB backup drive |
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03-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista Backup Folder Sizes? Steve -- I wrote you some thoughts on this in reply to the post in the newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance. "Steve Mavronis" <snmavronis@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:z82dnRDgP-l2SEfanZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > My external 500gb drive is being used for both Vista File Backup and > Complete PC Backup. It says I now have only 70gb free on the drive? I'm > puzzled on the disk usage. My file backups go into a folder under the > PC-Name folder called Backup Set 2007-08-05 230745 but the folder > properties says it has 0 bytes usage in 33 folders. I've been doing a > scheduled file backup once a week since August 5, 2007. Now my Complete PC > Backup is under WindowsImageBackup\PC-Name\Backup 2008-01-03 052342 and > the folder properties says it is using 91gb with 10 files inside. There > are no other Backup folders under WindowsImageBackup, just a Catalog > folder taking 24kb of space. I'm wondering where the remaining used space > is at? I tried changing folder view options to show hidden and system > folders but they don't account for the missing space. I wanted to delete a > bunch of the old File Backups to make room for more Complete Backups. I'm > getting an error when trying to start a Complete PC Backup saying there is > not enough space on the drive? The File Backup still works. > -------------------------- > Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, Intel Q6600 CPU, 2gb RAM, 500gb RAID-0 HD, > Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb GPU, 22" Widescreen LCD, Asus/ViXS Combo-210E TV > Tuner, Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Audio, Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse, > Logitech Premium Stereo Headset, external Lacie 500gb USB backup drive |
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03-14-2008
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| | Re: Vista Backup Folder Sizes? Thanks John I saw it. I left a reply there! "John Hanley" <jphanley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23aPLsgihIHA.1944@xxxxxx Quote: > Steve -- I wrote you some thoughts on this in reply to the post in the > newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance. > > "Steve Mavronis" <snmavronis@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:z82dnRDgP-l2SEfanZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >> My external 500gb drive is being used for both Vista File Backup and >> Complete PC Backup. It says I now have only 70gb free on the drive? I'm >> puzzled on the disk usage. My file backups go into a folder under the >> PC-Name folder called Backup Set 2007-08-05 230745 but the folder >> properties says it has 0 bytes usage in 33 folders. I've been doing a >> scheduled file backup once a week since August 5, 2007. Now my Complete >> PC Backup is under WindowsImageBackup\PC-Name\Backup 2008-01-03 052342 >> and the folder properties says it is using 91gb with 10 files inside. >> There are no other Backup folders under WindowsImageBackup, just a >> Catalog folder taking 24kb of space. I'm wondering where the remaining >> used space is at? I tried changing folder view options to show hidden and >> system folders but they don't account for the missing space. I wanted to >> delete a bunch of the old File Backups to make room for more Complete >> Backups. I'm getting an error when trying to start a Complete PC Backup >> saying there is not enough space on the drive? The File Backup still >> works. >> -------------------------- >> Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, Intel Q6600 CPU, 2gb RAM, 500gb RAID-0 HD, >> Nvidia 8800GTX 768mb GPU, 22" Widescreen LCD, Asus/ViXS Combo-210E TV >> Tuner, Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Audio, Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse, >> Logitech Premium Stereo Headset, external Lacie 500gb USB backup drive |
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